Greetings! As you all know, Furry Teens is not a profit-generating site, it doesn't exist to make money, it exists solely for your benefit. But, servers aren't free, and up until now, FT has been supported 100% by myself. I've always accepted donations, but I'm not sure anyone really knew that we accepted them, or knew how to donate to the site. So, here's some information on donations.

What do donations do for the site?Donations to Furry Teens are funneled into three main areas. Generally, any donated funds go toward wherever we feel the money is most needed, but you can specify which account you'd like to apply it toward.

-Hosting Fees. Our current hosting provider is cheaper than the $35/month I pay for my main webserver (where FT used to live), but my personal budget is fairly tight, so every little bit truly does help. Even $5 will buy us about a week of hosting.

-Domains. At roughly $10/year per domain, these are pretty cheap, but we currently own five of them, with plans to acquire more in the future. So, donating toward domain name fees is an option. And if enough is donated, we can pay for them for years into the future and not have to worry about it anymore!

What do I get for donating?Since we don't have ads to remove, and our site doesn't currently do much that would justify a paid subscription, we don't really have donator benefits right now. This post will be updated if/when that changes. However, we will give you a special badge for your profile if you like, and we'll have a page on the website listing everyone who's contributed.

We do have a few perks for high-level donors. Users who donate greater than $50 or $100 get a special badge, a few staff-level perks like unlimited PMs, and Furry Teens hosting and email services.

We also accept electronic payments via Revolution Money Exchange, a lesser-known electronic service that many prefer over Paypal. Contact me for the details on how to donate this way.

If you don't have access to electronic payment methods, we also accept checks and money orders sent in the mail. Please don't send cash. Contact me for details on how to donate this way.

And, if you have some other method of sending money, like Western Union, contact me to work out the details.

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Thanks for reading, and if you're able to contribute to FT's operating costs, we'll be very grateful for your contributions. For over six years, I've supported FT's financial needs, and while I wouldn't dream of shutting the site down for financial reasons (or any reasons, for that matter), there are times when things are tight and it's a little harder to keep the site up. So, if you can contribute, your fellow community members and I will appreciate your committment to keeping FT around for the young furries of the future

Note: I'm no longer actively involved in running this site, so while I welcome any personal messages, please do not contact me about account issues. Please direct all such inquiries to Panda. Thanks for all the years of awesome memories and friendship! <3

Also, a quick note: If you don't tell me who you are in your donation, I won't know who to credit with it. So, unless you specify otherwise, donations without an FT username will be considered anonymous.

This message brought to you by a donation sent by someone whom I have no clue how to identify on the forums.

Note: I'm no longer actively involved in running this site, so while I welcome any personal messages, please do not contact me about account issues. Please direct all such inquiries to Panda. Thanks for all the years of awesome memories and friendship! <3

I (think I) donated. It's not a lot, but It's one of the better ways I've spent my allowance, that's for sure. (Before you ask, this is from my own bank account, not my parents or anything.)

Can you inform me if it goes though or not? The funds are transferring from my bank account, so you should get the donation by the 8th.

Anyways, in the small time I've been here, I can say that FT has really grown on me and I would never imagine it shutting down. I really appreciate this place, how it connects other teenage furs like me, the lack of ads, and all of the furs that help it run, so this is a little thanks from me.

As I am coming up on my 1 year membership on FT and recently received my first pay check, I decided that I would chip in $15 for Furry Teens. Although less active in recent times due to time consuming activities, I am planing on becoming a more involved member shortly. I just sent the payment through but saw no option to leave a note with it so hopefully you see this post. Thanks Natasha and FT for (Nearly ) 1 year of great times!

"The townspeople need you, they've been sad for a whileThey march around, faces frown and never seem to smileAnd if you feel like helping, we'd appreciate a looooootIf you get up there and spread some cheer from here to Canterlooooooot!"- Applejack's best line ever. And my favorite song line.

I just donated what was left in my Paypal account, which came to almost £5, which is $8 when converted into USD. It's probably not the largest fund the site has received, but I still hope that you make good use of my money. This was quite a worthwhile investment so I'll probably donate again some time.

I just donated what was left in my Paypal account, which came to almost £5, which is $8 when converted into USD. It's probably not the largest fund the site has received, but I still hope that you make good use of my money. This was quite a worthwhile investment so I'll probably donate again some time.

Note: I'm no longer actively involved in running this site, so while I welcome any personal messages, please do not contact me about account issues. Please direct all such inquiries to Panda. Thanks for all the years of awesome memories and friendship! <3

I want to donate but all i have is my debit card. Guess i could send a money order. You go to the post office to get those right?

Supposing you're old enough, you could use your debit card to get a paypal account connected to your bank account and then have the money transferred that way

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"The townspeople need you, they've been sad for a whileThey march around, faces frown and never seem to smileAnd if you feel like helping, we'd appreciate a looooootIf you get up there and spread some cheer from here to Canterlooooooot!"- Applejack's best line ever. And my favorite song line.

Honestly, if I had a Paypal, could control my own money, and was older with a credit card, I would definitely donate and pay all the expenses. Problem is I don't any of those things. . . I dunno what to do, I could draw some money or something.

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Still confused? Then perhaps this will enlighten you!

Middledistancerunner. I managed to save just a little bit of money. You and I can both get jobs, and we'll finally see what it means to be living.

Apparently, you can buy like, 'gift cards' from PayPal, and you can just load them up with however much the card is worth and use them without needing an account? I don't think they have them in Australia, but an American girl who commissioned me used one recently, and it seems really useful for anyone underage/who isn't allowed a paypal, for commissioning art and for donating here.

Hi! i am about to donate before leaving the forum, but I don't find any Paypal button, the site being down. Any help please?

Since I no longer run a hosting community, that link no longer works. I'll fix it ASAP; in the meantime, I'll PM you (and anyone else who's interested) details about how to contribute to the site if you'd like to do that. It's definitely still appreciated!

Note: I'm no longer actively involved in running this site, so while I welcome any personal messages, please do not contact me about account issues. Please direct all such inquiries to Panda. Thanks for all the years of awesome memories and friendship! <3

Hi! i am about to donate before leaving the forum, but I don't find any Paypal button, the site being down. Any help please?

Since I no longer run a hosting community, that link no longer works. I'll fix it ASAP; in the meantime, I'll PM you (and anyone else who's interested) details about how to contribute to the site if you'd like to do that. It's definitely still appreciated!

I've got myself a current account now, so if I can get a paypal account then I'll donate some money too, I've spent too much time on this site not to. Basically, I'm interested if the pm will still be valid in two to three months time.